Sport water polo Name Xu Lu | Role Water polo player | |
Born 11 June 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-06-11 ) China | ||
Xu Lu (or Lulu Xu, Chinese: 徐璐, born 28 December 1994) is a Chinese actress. She first became recognized in China for her role in the drama Empresses in the Palace (2012) and internationally with the drama One and a Half Summer (2014).
Career
Xu Lu has been educated in a strict military school environment since she was 10 years old, which then propelled her to attend People's Liberation Army Academy of Art, majoring in Drama. She debuted as an actress through The Dream of Red Mansions as the teenage Xue Baoqin. But her breakthrough came with Empresses in the Palace. Even though her character Zhen Yurao only started to appear in the latter part of drama, she captivated the viewers with her fresh innocent look and her romantic subplot with Aisin-Gioro Yunsi.
She became known internationally by starring in a college romance drama, One and a Half Summer alongside Nichkhun and Jiang Jinfu. In 2015, Xu Lu participated in the 1st season of We Are In Love, the licensed remake of popular South Korean's variety show We Got Married, in which her virtual pairing with Qiao Renliang gained huge popularity up until Qiao's death on September 2016.
Among her projects in 2017 were a big budget historical fantasy Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy; car racing-themed drama Sonic Youth, youth musical film Our Shining Days, which she was awarded for in the Shanghai International Film Festival; and director Guan Hu's adaptation of Ghost Blows Out the Light book series, The Weasel Grave.